ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Next to baseball stadium. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation: T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station; 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fourth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to Second Street; 47 bus which starts at North Point at Fisherman’s Wharf, travels on Van Ness, 11th St, Bryant and ends at Cal Train Station at 4th and Townsend, then walk on Townsend 2 blocks to Second Street; 10 bus which runs from Van Ness on Pacific to Battery, on Battery to Second St to Third and Townsend, so get off at Second Street and Townsend. Also runs from 25th and Potrero, on Cesar Chavez St, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Townsend to Second Street.

Event Type:

Concert/Show

Extraction: LaborFest Art Show

Viewing dates: July 1 through July 12 Viewing time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on weekdays and 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday

LaborFest participates in the 100th year commemoration of the Ludlow mining strike in Colorado, better known as the Ludlow Massacre. This strike in the Southern Colorado coal fields lasted from September 1913 to April 1914 and represents one of the bloodiest strikes in U.S. history. To help commemorate this important moment in labor history, LaborFest and ILWU Local 34 host an exhibition of art works on the broader theme of Extraction.

Humanity's relentless extraction of the earth’s resources for the purpose of creating fuel, without environmental stewardship, is a strong focus in this show. Likewise, the human body viewed as the site for extraction, whether in terms of energy, strength, endurance, or will, receives similar focus. Works countering the destructive mandate of the extractive processes transforming the world with visions of a just relationship between human consumption and human and earth integrity are also present. Artists include Philippe Barnoud, Sherri Cavan, Mike Conner, Peter Hudson, Justseeds Artists’ Collective and Josh MacPhee. Exhibition curated by David Duckworth.

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on weekdays, 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday

LaborFest participates in the 100th year commemoration of the Ludlow mining strike in Colorado, better known as the Ludlow Massacre. This strike in the Southern Colorado coal fields lasted from September 1913 to April 1914 and represents one of the bloodiest strikes in U.S. history. To help commemorate this important moment in labor history, LaborFest and ILW U Local 34 host an exhibition of art works on the broader theme of Extraction. Man’s relentless extraction of the earth’s resources for the purpose of creating fuel, without environmental stewardship, is a strong focus in this show. Likewise, the human body viewed as the site for extraction, whether in terms of energy, strength, endurance, or will, receives similar focus. Works countering the destructive mandate of the extractive processes transforming the world with visions of a just relationship between human consumption and human and earth integrity are also present.